Effective thermodynamics of strongly coupled qubits

Details Effective thermodynamics of strongly coupled qubits Effective thermodynamics of strongly coupled qubits

2010-09-22

arxiv.org/abs/1009.4382v2

J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 44 (2011) 385003

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

9 pages, 3 figures

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Interactions between a quantum system and its environment at low temperatures can lead to violations of thermal laws for the system. The source of these violations is the entanglement between system and environment, which prevents the system from entering into a thermal state. On the other hand, for two-state systems, we show that one can define an effective temperature, placing the system into a `pseudo-thermal' state where effective thermal laws are upheld. We then numerically explore these assertions for an n-state system inspired by the spin-boson environment.

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